a person who has committed a serious crime such as murder or rape 重罪犯 felons who have served their sentence 服完刑的重罪犯 The law requires convicted felons entering the state to register their address with the police. 這項法律要求進入該州的已定罪重犯向警方登記住址。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- convicted
- former
- violent
- …
- serve something
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, literally ‘wicked, a wicked person’ (oblique case of fel ‘evil’), from medieval Latin fello, fellon-, of unknown origin.